"other fighters who took the nickname ""Sugar"" in homage to him such as Sugar Ray Leonard, Sugar Shane Mosley, and MMA fighter ""Suga"" Rashad Evans. !colspan=3 style=""background:#C1D8FF;""|World titles Sugar Ray Robinson Sugar Ray Robinson (born Walker Smith Jr.; May 3, 1921 – April 12, 1989) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1965. Robinson's performances in the welterweight and middleweight divisions prompted sportswriters to create ""pound for pound"" rankings, where they compared fighters regardless of weight. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. He is widely regarded as the greatest boxer of"
"Willie Robinson William Lorenzo Robinson (July 6, 1926 – December 30, 2007), known as ""Weepin'"" Willie Robinson or ""Weep"" Robinson, was an American blues singer who began his career in the 1950s, and performed with, among others, Susan Tedeschi, Steven Tyler and Bonnie Raitt. Robinson was born in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Robinson had been a sharecropper, a soldier and a boxer. A steady position as an emcee/comedian at a Trenton, New Jersey nightclub led to his singing career. He eventually sang with B.B. King's 21-piece orchestra. He and King became friends. Robinson settled in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1959 and"
"W. M. Robinson Winthrop Marston ""Robbie"" Robinson (September 5, 1902 – July 29, 1982) was an American college football player and insurance salesman. While he played at UF he was said to be from Mobile, Alabama. Robinson was a prominent tackle for the Florida Gators of the University of Florida from 1921 to 1923. The first time the Gators ever traveled to the East, Harvard subs overwhelmed Florida 24 to 0 in front of the largest crowd yet to see the Gators play. Despite the loss, Robinson, ""who at times stood Harvard's backs on their heads,"" played well. ""Robinson and"
"His signature routine was the Stair Dance, in which Robinson would tap up and down a set of stairs in a rhythmically complex sequence of steps, a routine that he unsuccessfully attempted to patent. Robinson is also credited with having introduced a new word, ""copasetic"", into popular culture, via his repeated use of it in vaudeville and radio appearances. A popular figure in both the black and white entertainment worlds of his era, he is best known today for his dancing with Shirley Temple in a series of films during the 1930s, and for starring in the musical ""Stormy Weather"""
"Dar Robinson Dar Allen Robinson (March 26, 1947 – November 21, 1986) was an American stunt performer and actor. Robinson broke 19 world records and set 21 ""world's firsts."" He invented the decelerator (use of dragline cables rather than airbags for a ""high fall gag"", or a stunt calling for a jump from a high place) which allowed a cameraman to film a top-down view of the stuntman as he fell without accidentally showing the airbag on the ground. This was brilliantly displayed in his fall from the hotel in the movie ""Stick"". The original decelerator can still be seen"
"Bill Robinson Bill ""Bojangles"" Robinson (May 25, 1877 – November 25, 1949) was an American tap dancer and actor, the best known and most highly paid African-American entertainer in the first half of the twentieth century. His long career mirrored changes in American entertainment tastes and technology. He started in the age of minstrel shows and moved to vaudeville, Broadway, the recording industry, Hollywood, radio, and television. According to dance critic Marshall Stearns, ""Robinson's contribution to tap dance is exact and specific. He brought it up on its toes, dancing upright and swinging"", giving tap a ""…hitherto-unknown lightness and presence."""
"Kevin Robinson (BMX rider) Kevin Robinson (December 19, 1971 – December 9, 2017) nicknamed K-Rob was a professional freestyle BMX rider. Widely recognized as one of the best riders of all time, Robinson was integral in creating Megaramp disciplines for BMX. Aside from this, Robinson was most notable for two stunts in his career: He was the first to successfully land a Double Flair (double backflip with 180 degree horizontal rotation) in competition at the 2006 X Games and, in 2016, set the Guinness World record for longest BMX jump (85 feet) in his home town of Providence, Rhode Island."
"radio performances. The word was used in films Robinson made with Shirley Temple in the 1930s. One of Robinson's methods for generating publicity in cities where he wasn’t the headliner was to engage in ""freak sprinting"" races, such as running backward. In 1922, Robinson set the world record for running backward (100 yards in 13.5 seconds). The record stood until 1977, when Paul Wilson ran the distance in 13.3 seconds. Jerry Jeff Walker's 1968 folk song ""Mr. Bojangles"" indirectly makes reference to Robinson. According to Walker, it was inspired by Walker's encounter with a white street performer in the New"
"Mack Robinson (athlete) Matthew MacKenzie ""Mack"" Robinson (July 18, 1914 – March 12, 2000; age 85) was an American track and field athlete. He is best known for winning a silver medal in the 1936 Summer Olympics, where he broke the Olympic record in the 200 meter but still finished behind Jesse Owens. He was the older brother of Baseball Hall of Fame member Jackie Robinson. Mack was born in Cairo, Georgia, in 1914. He and his siblings were left fatherless at an early age, leaving their mother, Mallie Robinson, as the sole support of the children. She performed in"
"LaVaughn Robinson LaVaughn Robinson (LaVaughn Evett) (February 9, 1927 – January 22, 2008) was a US tap dancer, choreographer, and teacher. A virtuoso tap dancer, Robinson perfected a high speed, low to the ground, a cappella style of dance that was characterized by elegance, precision, and clarity of sound. In a career spanning over 70 years, he started performing on the street, then in nightclubs, and finally in national and international tap festivals. He was recognized by the National Endowment of the Arts as a ""Living National Treasure"", received a NEA National Heritage Fellowship in 1989, a lifetime honor, and"
"to learn that he was not Chinese. Soo's true identity was largely known among professional magicians. A year before Soo's death, English magician Will Goldston commented in an interview with ""Magician Monthly"" that the public did not question Soo's identity because ""... he has always presented to the public that which they like and not which he might prefer"". Chung Ling Soo Chung Ling Soo was the stage name of the American magician William Ellsworth Robinson (April 2, 1861 – March 24, 1918), who is mostly remembered today for his death after a bullet catch trick went wrong. Robinson was"
"Alexander Robinson Alexander ""Buck Alec"" Robinson (c. 1901–1995) was a boxer, Ulster loyalist paramilitary and Ulster Special Constabulary reservist. Robinson gained notoriety in Northern Ireland for streetfighting, robbery and for owning a pet lion. His contemporaries included James ""Stormy"" Wetherall and Patrick ""Silver"" McKee. Born on York Street in the Sailortown area of Belfast, Ireland, around 1901, Robinson's early life in the docks was indicative of his future problems with the law. In 1913 at the age of twelve, he was arrested on a charge of larceny. In 1916 he was arrested three more times for the same offence. He"
"master at both. His theatricality. He's a great actor."" Despite his admiration for Burke, Wexler also described Burke as ""a piece of work: wily, highly intelligent, a salesman of epic proportions, sly, sure-footed, a never-say-die entrepreneur"", while also branding him ""a card-carrying fabulist. Solomon has told so many versions of the same happening that it's unreal."" After a string of a dozen hit records, by November 1963 Burke had agreed to be crowned the ""King of Rock 'n' Soul"" in a ceremony at the Royal Theatre in Baltimore by local deejay Fred Robinson, known professionally as ""Rockin' Robin"", who also"
"listed #22 on NHRA.'s list of its Top 50 Greatest Drivers. Pete Robinson (drag racer) Lew Russell Robinson (2 June 1933 – 6 February 1971), nicknamed ""Sneaky Pete"", was an American drag racer. Robinson was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He started drag racing in 1950, at the wheel of a Buick-engined B/Gas 1940 Ford, which he continued to campaign until 1961. Robinson purchased his first slingshot rail from a wealthy friend, who was unable to persuade his father it was merely a go kart. Robinson, obsessive about lightening his cars (once quipping, ""Anything that falls to the ground when you"
"Wilbert Robinson Wilbert Robinson (June 29, 1863 – August 8, 1934), nicknamed ""Uncle Robbie"", was an American catcher, coach and manager in Major League Baseball. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945. Born in Bolton, Massachusetts, Robinson was a catcher in the minor New England League in 1885 and made it to the major leagues in 1886 with the Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association, where he remained until 1890. He lasted in the majors until , playing much of his career with two separate Baltimore Orioles franchises – from 1890 to 1899 with the Orioles"
"Bradbury Robinson Bradbury Norton Robinson, Jr. (February 1, 1884 – March 7, 1949) was a pioneering American football player, physician, nutritionist, conservationist and local politician. He played college football at the University of Wisconsin in 1903 and at Saint Louis University from 1904 to 1907. In 1904, through personal connections to Wisconsin governor Robert M. La Follette, Sr. and his wife, Belle Case, Robinson learned of calls for reforms to the game of football from President Theodore Roosevelt, and began to develop tactics for passing. After moving to Saint Louis University, Robinson threw the first legal forward pass in the"
"played in clubs, but by 2004 he was homeless. Musicians and other concerned individuals, when they learned of Robinson's situation, held a benefit concert on his behalf, making sure he was fed and clothed. He died, aged 81, from a fire accidentally started by a cigarette he had been smoking in bed at his home in Jamaica Plain, Boston. His wife, Alice, long predeceased him. He was survived by a daughter. Willie Robinson William Lorenzo Robinson (July 6, 1926 – December 30, 2007), known as ""Weepin'"" Willie Robinson or ""Weep"" Robinson, was an American blues singer who began his career"
"Union Association. Robinson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945 by the Old-Timers Committee. Wilbert Robinson Wilbert Robinson (June 29, 1863 – August 8, 1934), nicknamed ""Uncle Robbie"", was an American catcher, coach and manager in Major League Baseball. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945. Born in Bolton, Massachusetts, Robinson was a catcher in the minor New England League in 1885 and made it to the major leagues in 1886 with the Philadelphia Athletics of the American Association, where he remained until 1890. He lasted in the majors until , playing much"
"Robinson was a longtime sponsor of Hoffman Bikes, Red Bull, and Target. Robinson died of a stroke at age 45 on December 9, 2017. Kevin Robinson (BMX rider) Kevin Robinson (December 19, 1971 – December 9, 2017) nicknamed K-Rob was a professional freestyle BMX rider. Widely recognized as one of the best riders of all time, Robinson was integral in creating Megaramp disciplines for BMX. Aside from this, Robinson was most notable for two stunts in his career: He was the first to successfully land a Double Flair (double backflip with 180 degree horizontal rotation) in competition at the 2006"
"Jack 'Junker' Robinson Jack 'Junker' Robinson (1892-1981) was an Australian rugby league footballer of the 1910s and 1920s who achieved representative selection for his country. Jack Robinson began his first grade career at the Balmain Tigers in 1912 as a seventeen-year-old and earned the nickname 'Junker'. No one knew it at the time, but he went on to play fourteen first grade seasons for Balmain between 1912-1925 and is remembered as one of their longest serving players in any subsequent era. He won six premierships with Balmain in 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919, 1920 and 1924 (although he did not play"
"three children and seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Jack 'Junker' Robinson Jack 'Junker' Robinson (1892-1981) was an Australian rugby league footballer of the 1910s and 1920s who achieved representative selection for his country. Jack Robinson began his first grade career at the Balmain Tigers in 1912 as a seventeen-year-old and earned the nickname 'Junker'. No one knew it at the time, but he went on to play fourteen first grade seasons for Balmain between 1912-1925 and is remembered as one of their longest serving players in any subsequent era. He won six premierships with Balmain in 1915, 1916, 1917, 1919,"
"Bill Robinson (scientist) William Henry Robinson (2 October 1938 – 17 August 2011) was a New Zealand scientist and seismic engineer who invented the lead rubber bearing (LRB) seismic isolation device. He grew up in West Auckland, New Zealand. He earned a Masters at the Ardmore School of Engineering, then a PhD in Physical Metallurgy at the University of Illinois. Robinson was director of the DSIR's Physics and Engineering Laboratory between 1985 and 1991. He continued to invent and develop seismic isolation devices, travel and lecture until his early 70s. Robinson is most well known for his invention of the"
"Pinetop Smith Clarence Smith (June 11, 1904 – March 15, 1929), better known as Pinetop Smith or Pine Top Smith, was an American boogie-woogie style blues pianist. His hit tune ""Pine Top's Boogie Woogie"" featured rhythmic ""breaks"" that were an essential ingredient of ragtime music, but also a fundamental foreshadowing of rock & roll. The song was also the first known use of the term ""boogie woogie"" on a record, and cemented that term as the moniker for the genre. Smith was born in Troy, Alabama and raised in Birmingham, Alabama. He received his nickname as a child from his"
"Henry W. Robinson Henry William ""Robbie"" ""Captain"" Robinson (October 26, 1893 – ?) was a college football player and coach. During the First World War, he played for the 1917 Camp Gordon football team. He was a prominent end for Mike Donahue's Auburn Tigers of Auburn University from 1911 to 1914. He was a member of an All-time Auburn Tigers football team selected in 1935, as well as coach Donahue's all-time Auburn team. He was nominated though not selected for an ""Associated Press"" All-Time Southeast 1869-1919 era team. Robinson was All-Southern in 1913. He was captain of the 1914 team."
"Jackie Robinson (basketball, born 1927) Robert Lloyd Jackson Robinson (born April 26, 1927), nicknamed ""Jack"" or ""Jackie"", is a retired American Baptist pastor and theologian and was a college basketball player who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics. A native of Fort Worth, Texas, Robinson is a graduate of Baylor University in Waco Texas. Robinson was an All-American basketball player, 1946–48, while at Baylor University. Awarded the Jack Dempsey outstanding athlete award in 1947, he won a gold medal as an outstanding guard on the 1948 Olympic basketball team in London. During the Olympics he was among a group of"
"Ikey Robinson Isaac L. ""Banjo Ikey"" Robinson (July 28, 1904 – October 25, 1990) was an American banjoist and vocalist. Born in Dublin, Virginia, Robinson moved to Chicago in 1926, playing and recording with Jelly Roll Morton, Clarence Williams, and Jabbo Smith during 1928-1929. His groups included Ikey Robinson and his Band (w/ Jabbo Smith), The Hokum Trio, The Pods of Pepper, Windy City Five, and Sloke & Ike. His jazz style influenced many subsequent players, and his 1929 recording ""Rock Me Mama"" is often cited as an early use of the term ""rock"" as it evolved from black gospel"
"Michael Robinson (rabbi) Michael Aaron Robinson (December 13, 1924 – July 20, 2006) was an American Reform rabbi, civil rights activist, and human rights activist. He was known for his association with Martin Luther King, with whom he marched in Selma and on whose request he participated in a 1964 demonstration in St. Augustine, Florida, at which he was arrested and jailed together with 15 other Reform rabbis. He was for decades the rabbi of Temple Israel in Northern Westchester, New York. After his retirement, he served for seven years as a part-time rabbi at Congregation Shomrei Torah in Santa"
"Pete Robinson (drag racer) Lew Russell Robinson (2 June 1933 – 6 February 1971), nicknamed ""Sneaky Pete"", was an American drag racer. Robinson was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He started drag racing in 1950, at the wheel of a Buick-engined B/Gas 1940 Ford, which he continued to campaign until 1961. Robinson purchased his first slingshot rail from a wealthy friend, who was unable to persuade his father it was merely a go kart. Robinson, obsessive about lightening his cars (once quipping, ""Anything that falls to the ground when you let it go from your hand is way too heavy to"
"Brooks Robinson Brooks Calbert Robinson Jr. (born May 18, 1937) is an American former professional baseball player. He played his entire 23-year major league career for the Baltimore Orioles (1955–1977). He batted and threw right-handed, though he was a natural left-hander. Nicknamed ""The Human Vacuum Cleaner"" or ""Mr. Hoover"", he is considered one of the greatest defensive third basemen in major league history. He won 16 consecutive Gold Glove Awards during his career, tied with pitcher Jim Kaat for the second-most all-time for any player at any position. Robinson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1983. Robinson"
"Derek Robinson (trade unionist) Derek Robinson (1927 – 31 October 2017) was a British trade unionist. Formerly a convenor and shop steward within car manufacturer British Leyland for much of the 1970s, he was commonly known as ""Red Robbo"" in the British press. Robinson was born in Cradley, then in Worcestershire and began work in the motor industry as an apprentice at Austin in Longbridge during the Second World War, training as a tool maker. He soon became a member of the Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU) and joined the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1951. He stood as a"
"Sydney Robinson (businessman) Sir Sydney Walter Robinson JP (1876 – 17 November 1950) was an English farmer, building contractor and Liberal politician. Sydney Robinson was born in 1876 in Walthamstow which was then in the county of Essex, the son of Alfred and Georgina Robinson. He was educated in Walthamstow but then travelled to the USA where he studied at the Metropolitan College in Chicago. In 1898 he married Gwendolene Edith King. Robinson had business interests as a building contractor and was also a farmer with land near to Chelmsford. His speciality and success was in the breeding of pedigree"
"William Robinson (inventor) William Robinson (1840–1921) was an American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer and businessman. He invented the first track circuit used in railway signaling, a major development that improved railroad safety and efficiency. William Robinson was born in Ireland on November 22, 1840. He came to the United States as a boy and lived in Brooklyn, New York for much of his adult life. He received his B.A. degree in 1865 and his M.A. degree in 1868 from Wesleyan University. He received a Ph.D. in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering from Boston University in 1907. Robinson began developing an"
"Vicki Sue Robinson Vicki Sue Robinson (May 31, 1954 – April 27, 2000) was an American theatre and film actress and singer, closely associated with the disco era of late 1970s pop music; she is most famous for her 1976 hit, ""Turn the Beat Around."" Born in Harlem, New York, to African American Shakespearean actor Bill Robinson and his European American wife Marianne, a folk singer, Vicki Sue Robinson was reared in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for most of her early years, returning with her family to New York City when she was 10. She had given her first public performance in"